近些年ETS很是青睐“线上or线下”比较题，在口语考试中屡屡出现。
什么是“线上or线下”比较题呢？
比如，
比较一下线上购物和实体店购物的利弊
。然而在实战考试中，ETS常常不会问得这么明显。你往往会看到这样的“变身”：
来自9月「语料虐炼」Day2 Task: Freestyle真题演练
You are going to have an interview, but the location is far from your place. Which do you prefer, travel the long distance to have the interview face-to-face or have the interview on the phone? （2018年11月24日）
这个题目的场景设定很具体，
限制在了一个狭窄的语境下
。看到题目后，大家通常会把关注点放到interview这个具体事件上。这样一来，选择interview on the phone的同学一般会想到save time spent on traveling, 而选择have the interview face-to-face的同学往往首先会想到Good facial expressions can show our positive attitude to the job. 但接下来还能想到什么呢，似乎一时也没别的思路了。
那么，如何打开这道题的思路？
注意看题目中的两个关键词：face-to-face，on the phone. 我们会发现这道题表面上是线上面试和线下面试的对比，而
本质上是线上和线下活动的比较。线上活动具有一些共通的优点，比如，随时随地都可以参与，不用担心天气不好，不用担心自己找不到地方，等等。
Opinion:
Interview on the phone.
Outline:
R1: Interview on the phone is even more effective than traditional methods. It gives us the opportunity to plan our time around the rest of our day. We can take the interview when we are at our peak energy. 线上面试时间安排灵活，不会浪费掉一整天的时间，也可以选在自己状态更好的时候。
R2: Interview on the phone is more convenient. During snowstorms and thunderstorms, for example, companies often cancel interviews. 出现恶劣天气，面试就不能如期进行，而手机面试不需要考虑这个问题。
这里给出的两点理由自然
也可以用来回答其他线上活动的好处，比如线上课程、线上交友和线上办公等等
。只需要把关键词interview置换成courses, making friends or working即可。
具体怎么展开我们的理由呢，我们来看看
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学员们的回答：
@学员子夜***
答题思路：
face to face interview
1.have more interaction to know more about each other.
2.bring some works onsite to show working abilities
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答题文本：
I prefer having the interview on the phone. It is quite common to have interviews on the phone nowadays. It is quite convenient both for the interviews and interviewees. Let us imagine a scene: admission committee of a university adopts interviews on the phone especially when a large number of candidates are international students. It is hard for them to adopt face to face interviews. Besides, considering the time and money, I feel like adding burden on me if I need to travel far from my place to attend an interview. Actually, evaluating the candidates from their cvs and qualifications can be very useful. It is a supplemental method to have interviews. Generally, the purpose is to testify the candidates ability of expression, or language skills. To have interview on the phone reach the destinations.
学会了线上活动的好处，那在刚过去的9月考试中出现这题也就迎刃而解啦～
2019年9月22日下午场Question #1 ，也曾出现在2017年10月29日Question#2
Some people prefer to solve the problems with their friends by meeting face to face or making a call. Others like to solve the problems with friends by sending text messages or emails. Which one do you think is better? Explain your answer in details and examples.
有的人倾向于通过面对面交流或者打电话和朋友解决问题。其他人更喜欢通过短信或者邮件跟朋友解决问题。你觉得哪种方式更好呢？请给出例子具体解释一下你的回答
这道题目的情景设置更加具体和复杂了，事件变成了solving problems with friends。但这点小技俩不足以迷惑我们，
这道题仍然可以类比成线上线下活动的比较
。
如果你选择sending text messages or emails，那可以套用前面所说的两个线上活动的好处。
Outline:
R1: It gives us the opportunity to plan our time around the rest of our day. We can generally access our text messages and emails at any time.
通过短信和邮件解决问题，时间安排更灵活。
R2: Meeting face to face or making a call is inconvenient. During snowstorms and thunderstorms, for example, we have to cancel the meeting. In addition, friends may not answer the phone when they are busy.
短信和邮件更方便，不用考虑天气或者对方是否忙碌。
如果选择meeting face to face or making a call，那么就可以用
线下活动的好处来支持你的观点。
比如：
线下活动的效率更高，一次性解决问题；
线下活动更能拉近人与人的交流。
Outline:
R1: It proves to be more effective. Instead of spending your entire day sending and receiving emails, you can discuss all the details of a problem.
R2: Face-to-face meetings or phone calls allow you to build trust with your friends, which helps to facilitate solving the problems. It is easier to convince someone during face to face interaction, so if you need to influence or persuade people over some important matter, then it will be best to meet them in person.
最后，总结一下“线上or线下比较题“的解题秘诀：
第一步，认清题目的本质；
第二步，套用上述线上/线下活动共通的优缺点，置换一下关键词。
熟练掌握这个秘诀，你就不会再苦于考试中用不上背过的那些段子啦！
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